Hackers Go After the Smartphone

The New York Times, 13 Feb 2011SINGAPORE — In September, a virus began infecting more than a million mobile phones in China. Masquerading as an anti-virus application, “zombie” let hackers access the phone’s SIM card and automatically send spam text messages to people listed on the phone’s address book.As global sales of smartphones rise quickly, experts are predicting a rise in malware, or